DU legal experts I need some advice on how to handle a dispute with a neighbor. [View all]

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There is a block wall separating my side yard and my neighbor's.

My side yard on that side of the house is just used for storing gardening tools. For most of its expanse it's just bare dirt. About a year ago the neighbor put in plants and drip irrigation along his side of the wall. A few weeks after that I noticed white, mineral deposits along the bottom or that wall and the dirt of my yard was now mud, ankle deep. This is in Las Vegas.

The neighbor has another home in Phoenix and is not always there so I sent him a letter with photos explaining the problem and that maybe his drip system is running too long as it is causing deep mud on my side.

When he got the letter he said all I had to do was knock on his door and talk. He said he checked his timer and his system was running fine maybe the problem was on my side. I told him no, it started when he put in the drip irrigation system. He then agreed to have his gardener adjust how long his watering went on.

I wasn't going to just knock and talk as I wanted hard evidence in case the wall was undermined and failed. Anyway, the mud seemed to dry up but maybe it was just because the summer came and summers here are blazing and the mud dried. But a few months later the mud returned and I wrote him a second letter and got the same response. Now it's happening again for the third time and if any DU legal minds have a suggestion as to what I should do, I welcome your suggestions.

I want to be on good terms with the neighbor but if the wall is compromised I want him to have to pay for damages, thus the letters I sent to him.

Thanks for any suggestions.